hi, i’m jasmine!
I’m an independent writer working on an “anthropology of disruption.” I used to be a product manager and AI policy researcher, but quit my job last year to get into full-time sense-making instead.
Mostly, I cover the culture of technology in Silicon Valley and beyond:
My most popular posts are on tech in China, working at Substack, AGI discourse, and the tech right.
I’ve reported on vibe-coding for the WSJ, defense-tech for the SF Standard, and spy mania for Business Insider.
I have been featured or interviewed in the NYT, Bloomberg, NPR, PBS, Embedded, The Point, The Ruffian, and Marginal Revolution.
New essays and podcasts come out ~weekly. My work is fully supported via subscriptions and grants. If you like something, consider a paid subscription for $8/month or $50/year. I’m hoping to become financially sustainable by the end of 2025 so I can keep doing this next year!
If you have story tips, reading recommendations, or points of contention, shoot me an email!
You can find a full list of media appearances here.
about me
I am also cofounder and director of Reboot, a nonprofit publication and community reimagining techno-optimism for a better collective future. We publish the print magazine Kernel.
Previously, I was a product manager at Substack, where I spent 4 years building our first community features, advanced publishing, and podcast/video tools. I’ve worked on AI policy at Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, and the International Climate Development Institute in Taipei. I graduated from Stanford with a degree in Sociology.
I live in San Francisco. If we run into each other on the street, say hi :)
thank you
This project is made possible by the generous support of Emergent Ventures, (m)otherboard, and paid subscribers.
I can’t write without this community support. If you’ve learned from, resonated with, or been challenged by my work, consider a paid subscription, or email me directly if you’d like to offer more substantial support. (And if you can’t afford it, consider sharing a post with a friend instead!)
Now is the best time in the world to be a writer, and I’m so grateful to get to do this. Thank you!
—Jasmine Wenyi Sun
